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ISO (We Stand Together)

by POLANSKI

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Creativity doesn’t strive in idleness. Creative people ‘like' to be pushed and challenged. This push and pull of life occurrences is giving us the spark to create. But how do you do this in such stillness? For me, it was very important to put ego aside and challenge my processes. It would be an immediate response to sink into the darkness, whether on an emotional level or as an outcome of the creative work. But for once, I needed to overturn the situation with something positive.

Couple of weeks ago I captured sounds of people applauding the NHS workers from my balcony. It was a cacophony of sounds; cheers, bangs, claps and general human noise beautifully united for the moment. There is a lot to say what this actually mean or does to the modern-day martyr alas "The Hero", but if we remove the Tory supporters from the picture we get a great unifying experience. Showing gratitude to the people who stand on behalf of millions fighting the fight with an invisible - "The Other".

The following days I've spent turning this field recording into a song and here I present you with an outcome. I tried to somehow replicate the heightened heartbeat pulse in the leading drum pattern and some of the noises are meant to give a sense of respiratory functions. Creating it was a sort of cathartic experience and I felt the pain, grief as well as compassion. If you focus enough you will perhaps see the many underlining emotions within it. For me the conclusion of the track is that we can overcome anything if we are working in unison. ...as the subtitle suggest “We Stand Together”.

I am unable to contribute much to the NHS at this point, but the very least I can do is to dedicate this work to all those who are fighting at the frontline of this global calamity.

This work is in no way a political act rather an act of solidarity and I urge you to contribute if you can, or share it if you feel connected to the cause!

Last but not least, shout-out to Hila Angelica Mazzocco for contributing the artwork and to Piotr Sledzinski for the mastering.

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released April 15, 2020
Written and performed by Polanski

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Born in deep rural Poland, Polanski's music draws inspiration from the organic sounds of nature re-expressed in the musical language of our digital era.

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